Saturday, March 31, 2007

Just got back from a week in Hot Springs and then on to Cincinnati. Stayed at the Hampton Inn - Cincinnati Airport South. Read the review here. It was close to the airport - about 5 minutes away, and right at I-75, so good location. It took about 30 minutes to get downtown leaving at 7:15 in the morning, so traffic is pretty bad. On the way back to the airport from downtown, I took the 471 to 275 route, and though it was a few more miles, traffic was extremely light the entire way, and this was at 5:00. May get to go back there one of these days...

posted by Business Travel Guy @ 8:05 PM 0 comments

Went to Phoenix over Spring Break - stayed at the Hampton Inn and Suites - Surprise NW of town. Good location - close to where the Rangers/Royals, and Padres play. Got to see two different games at two different locations - the Padres stadium is right across the street from another Hampton Inn (the one in Goodyear). Got to golf a couple of times and ate a lot of Taco Bell - whatever is free...

posted by Business Travel Guy @ 7:59 PM 0 comments

Early March - got to go back to Hot Springs (stayed at the Embassy Suites thankfully), and am getting more and more disappointed with the restaurant choices there in the old Hot Springs downtown. Tried the new "Casa Caliente" and it was awful. They didn't have a clue what they were doing. Stayed there two days, and then went on up to Chicago for a business meeting. It was cold and snowed a couple of inches that evening. Picked one of the corporate options, which was the Doubletree Oak Brook. It was great - $125 and a really nice hotel. Clean, decent restaurant and newly renovated rooms. Great stay all around - there was also a concierge lounge open in the evening, and full breakfast buffet. Would be great to stay there again.

posted by Business Travel Guy @ 7:52 PM 0 comments

It's been a while...didn't have to travel anywhere in December or January. February was pretty light too, but did get (have) to go to Minneapolis twice, one of those times included a couple of days in Eau Claire. It was below zero most of the time there, and I think it actually got to -12 in Minneapolis one of the nights.

I stayed at the Hampton Inn Eau Claire (read the review) again, and when in MSP (both trips), had to stay at the Hampton Inn Bloomington (read the review). It's ok - pretty old, but pretty cheap. There is a Denny's and Joe Senser's in the parking lot - better than nothing. The Joe Senser's isn't too bad, they have a good variety, and about 15 big screens showing all different sports. Plus you can walk there and back easily, even when it's -12.

posted by Business Travel Guy @ 7:43 PM 0 comments